Planes, trains & automobiles.

[smilinjack 0]

Well, planes & trains really. The flipside of my lovely few days away in Spain was of course the travel disruption. I was due to fly back from Barcelona to Leeds last Wednesday, but obviously with all that snow I was unsure what might happen. Ryanair's website gave no hint of any problems, nor did they advise me by text as they have before, so off we toddled from Vinaros to Barcelona, assuming we'd be flying. For two of us that was 57 Euro, plus 3 Euro each to get the link train to the airport. Check in staff assured us Leeds airport was open, and we all stood at the gate happily, enjoying the banter of relieved travellers homeward bound. As departure time arrived, I said to the chap next to me " I don't like to split hairs, but there isn't a plane here." Seconds later of course the flight was cancelled, so back on the last train to be back at the flat at 11 that night. Best part of 100 Euro down the shitter for nothing but a lot of train mileage. Best thing that day was this cafe at Barcelona Sants station. I continued on to McDonalds

[Stue11 0]

Wernt all that bad then

[smilinjack 0]

Well, there's more. After pounds spent on phoning Ryanair, I got the flights changed to Sunday. Then I put the TV on Saturday teatime to find Spanish air traffic control was on strike and no flights were using Spanish airspace. So I'm thinking, here we go again. The government declared a state of emergency, effectively declaring martial law and told the controllers to go back or the army would take charge of the job. So Ryanair advised us to travel on Sunday.
Sunday morning got to the railway station to find that due to the air chaos the train we'd expected to get was full. Luckily we found a local connection which got us into Barcelona airport just as the flight was boarding. Made it!! Now we can relax.
Landed at Leeds, dug the car out of the snow, and less than a mile down the road BANG goes the front suspension. Broken coil spring has wound down the strut and punctured the tyre. Call out the RAC, finally got home at just before 1am. Welcome home eh? But overall I'm glad I went and the extra couple of days were well spent, and more to the point, sunny.

[Stue11 0]

@smilinjack wrote:

Well, there's more. After pounds spent on phoning Ryanair, I got the flights changed to Sunday. Then I put the TV on Saturday teatime to find Spanish air traffic control was on strike and no flights were using Spanish airspace. So I'm thinking, here we go again. The government declared a state of emergency, effectively declaring martial law and told the controllers to go back or the army would take charge of the job. So Ryanair advised us to travel on Sunday.
Sunday morning got to the railway station to find that due to the air chaos the train we'd expected to get was full. Luckily we found a local connection which got us into Barcelona airport just as the flight was boarding. Made it!! Now we can relax.
Landed at Leeds, dug the car out of the snow, and less than a mile down the road BANG goes the front suspension. Broken coil spring has wound down the strut and punctured the tyre. Call out the RAC, finally got home at just before 1am. Welcome home eh? But overall I'm glad I went and the extra couple of days were well spent, and more to the point, sunny.

Glad you got back eventually, if it were me i would been a right mess

[eddie 0]

so a good time then ,,,,,,,,,,


bugger that sounds like a right nightmare ,


glad its over with ............

[peejay 0]

Ah the joys of air travel.........that's why I bought a caravan

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@peejay wrote:

Ah the joys of air travel.........that's why I bought a caravan